After a beautiful weekend of temperatures in the 80's --- one last blast of cold (hopefully) pounced on us with a very late April Fools Joke!
That didn't stop me and Theresa from taking some time to make something fun, crafty, colorful AND yummy! We made a few tasty treats for Easter out of PEEPS!
In case you weren't aware, PEEPS are made in Bethlehem, PA --- right up the road from QVC! (Hmmm...I sense the need for a field trip!)
Which is your favorite Peep?
The traditional Peep Chick or the Peep Bunny?
Theresa and I got out all of the ingredients for our first tasty treat: PEEP KABOBS!
*You'll need wooden skewers
*Mixture of fruit (choose your favorites or a variety for color.)
*Peep Bunnies (Pick your favorite color OR more than one color to add more color to your kabob!)
Unfortunately our season fruit isn't looking as colorful as fruit in the directions -> http://thefrugalgirls.com/2013/03/peeps-fruit-kabobs.html
But we had FUN anyway!!! What a great treat after an Easter Egg Hunt!
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Then we HAD to make PEEPS BUNNY RACECARS!
To make ONE car you will need:
*Twinkie style cake
*2 Large Marshmallows
*1 Peep Bunny
*1 mini traditional pretzel
Cut out a compartment in the Twinkie for the bunny to be able to sit in the "Racecar".
Cut a notch out in front of the bunny to inset the pretzel steering wheel. Push down into the cake to secure.
Cut each large marshmallow in half. Attach the sticky sides to the side of the "Racecar" as wheels!
Vroom vroom!!!
Complete directions here -> http://www.freefuneaster.com/easter-recipes/easter-bunny-racecars/
(We didn't use the frosting to adhere the bunny or the wheels - the marshmallows and the cream from the Twinkies were enough for ours to hold!)
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I may have created a monster with our last treat!!! Theresa loved this!
PEEPS S'MORES!!!
*Graham Crackers
*Bar of chocolate
*Peeps Chicks
We assembled the graham cracker and chocolate on a plate. The we added the poor, unsuspecting Peep on top. AND THEN ....... Put it in the microwave for a few seconds until it tripled in size ... then smushed the top graham cracker on top! Voila!
Full directions here -> http://thefrugalgirls.com/2013/03/peeps-smores.html
YUMMY!!! What a fun Spring twist on s'mores!
Then we had fun and just put a couple of PEEPS Bunnies in the microwave! It's fun to watch them puff up so quickly!
Do you have any fun Spring / Easter treats you love to make? Share your recipes below or please post then on my Facebook page -> www.facebook.com/JacqueQVC :)
Have a Happy & Blessed Easter!
Hoping it's a beautiful Spring for ALL OF US!!!
:) Jacque